In 1862, 1 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 1, Case ID LA-E-5147 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope
| RegID | LA-E-5147 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Unspecified |
| Year | 1862 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 80 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 1 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | The dhow had 80-100 enslaved people on board. She driftedinto the surf, which rendered it impossible to remove the enslaved, once man excepted. The others escaped to the shore, where they were seized by armed men, apparently Somali Arabs. The dhow was deserted and destroyed. |
| Sources | "Reports of Cases of Twenty-three Dhows condemned in the Vice-Admiralty Court," 18 Sep. 1862, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape of Good Hope, New York, and Loanda... 1862,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 48 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 28-31. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | 4903421.310723 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | 124942.877835 |
| Ship Status | Liberated Africans |
| Date of departure from a place or port in Africa generally following the purchase of enslaved people. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
| Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. | East Africa (unspecified) |
| Place or port of departure from Africa, if known. A controlled vocabulary for place names are associated with geographic coordinates using Google Maps Global Mercator EPSG:900913. See https://epsg.io/transform#s_srs=4326&t_srs=900913&x=NaN&y=NaN | |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1861-08-31 |
| Location | To the north of Brava Harbour |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Ariel |
| Captain | Oldfield |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | 1862-09-18 |
| Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
| Region of arrival around the world. Required field. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. Other regions outside of Africa include, Western Europe, East Coast of North America, etc. | East Coast of Africa |
| Place or port of arrival around the world. Required field. A controlled vocabulary for place names are associated with geographic coordinates using Google Maps Global Mercator EPSG:900913. See https://epsg.io/transform#s_srs=4326&t_srs=900913&x=NaN&y=NaN | Zanzibar |